Larry Davis

Vintage computer nerd, gearhead, CSS wizard, JavaScript cowboy, and engineer on Adobe Express. @ on 🦋

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Still the same for 2026

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Resolutions for 2025:
1. 1024x768
2. 512x342
3. 320x200

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@ilyamiskov Does WCAG have a FFF rating for contrast ratio?

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@fayazara @JoshMcrk Ah, yes, CSS which stands for “Can’t See Shit” because liquid class has horrid color contrast

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@lesleyabravanel Damn I hate this guy but that vintage trucker hat goes hard. We need a Gulf of Mexico version

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Watch this space…

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one of the worst decisions of the last few decades has been removing shop classes from high schools.

not being able to build something with your own hands fundamentally perverts how you interact with the world. you’re locked to consume. build the bookcase, it will set you free

[Larry Davis @lazdnet]

Resolutions for 2025:
1. 1024x768
2. 512x342
3. 320x200

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@TheMarkSchipper @robkhenderson Same! Listened growing up as a teen, and now I listen to the old episodes on https://t.co/smFpL7dmd2 all the time, slowly making my way through the years. If you sign in, you can download them and listen in the Files app, which I find slightly better than playing in the browser.

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@OutofSpecDetail @Paradox_EP @ChadMoran @Tesla @Rivian This is a good point. I have CarPlay in my ‘12 Jeep, ‘08 Porsche, and ‘92 300ZX, and it modernizes them just enough + replaces the garbage stock UIs. In my Tesla there’s no CarPlay, and if there was, I wouldn’t use it — I rely solely on its integrated route planning for charging.

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Y’all are silly. Anyway here’s an iBook running Sonoma, and it’s real. DM me if you want to buy it.

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I have officially ported macOS to the PowerMac G4!

This is not fake, tutorial soon at 5000 likes!

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@NEOBetaTheRobot @StellaLovesTech I “ported” Sonoma to the iBook G3

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@STO_DocTheop @simonbs

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It’s beginning to look a lot like https://t.co/ULN0WWw8AX 🎄

Thanks @simonbs!

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@STO_DocTheop @simonbs It’s just these little guys, doubled over on themselves! I’m going to splice the wires onto a USB-C connector so the Mac Mini can power it https://t.co/VbszyLagCL

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I'm on the butterfly site as @ https://t.co/cvSVam9Gs3 🦋

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@autocar Ok, but are all the ducts still stuffed with fake plastic inserts?

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@NCOV089 No worries, I just make sure to tell folks the circumstances around these restomods because I’m also a collector who hates to see iMacs become fish tanks haha.

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What are you bringing to the coffee shop?

🍏eMate with a 1024x600 touchscreen, 1 finger scrolling
🍊iBook with a 1800x1280 display, trackpad, camera, mic

Both have: macOS 14, WiFi/BT, iMessage, Airdrop, LED backlight, keyboard, 4 hour batt, speakers, USB-C/A, 500GB/8GB, handles

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@NCOV089 And yeah, I hadn't touched an eMate until I built this. It's a really beautiful machine, I dare say the lines are even nicer than the iBook...

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@NCOV089 Don't worry, the eMate was completely destroyed by corrosion, so I didn't trash perfectly good retro tech! The iBook had its display and logic board donated to repair a one customer's iBook, its charge board went in another, and its CD drive is still waiting to find a home.

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@NCOV089 Just published this blog entry with a step-by-step guide showing how to do the rebuild, hope this helps you in your build! https://t.co/a6GfWLhaZv

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Just rebuilt another iBook battery. After a full charge to 16.8V, I unplugged the charger; it’s been on all night (7+ hours) and it’s still at 14.1V! Once it hits 12.0V, it will power off and the new capacity will be stored to the battery’s EEPROM. Hoping for 5,000mAh!